New YouTube Design Rolls Out For All

We’ve covered the experimental changes to YouTube the past few months, and as of yesterday, Google has started the process of rolling the new layout to all users.

Looking Fresh!

Sporting a sleek white look, the new interface makes videos in the stream really pop-out.

The new sidebar (or as Google wants us to call it, the “guide”) on the left hand-side makes it easy to view your subscriptions, view your social stream (your connections from Google+, Facebook, Twitter) and other tools.

YouTube+

The merging of Google products into Google+ is inevitable, and YouTube is not getting away. In the new and current YouTube design, it certainly feels like it has taken some cues from Google’s social service.

If you have upgraded your YouTube account to Google+, you will see the familiar notification counter and your profile picture displayed on the top right. Clicking on your profile picture displays a list of settings in two sections, with the left showing a list of YouTube related settings and on the right, settings related to your Google account.

New Player and The Guide

The new player in YouTube hasn’t changed in the way of features, but now sports a flatter and more modern look. Playlists now blend in with the player, and it works really well.

A definite improvement in the looks department

It may be hard to see from the screenshot, but the guide from the home stream will hide from view when watching a video. To bring is up, just click the button and it will slide into view. This helps keep the distraction to a minimum, allowing users to enjoy content without anything on the page trying to catch your eye.

The new-look is rolling out as I speak, so you should have it already, if you don’t then expect it sometime over the next few days.

Lots of people hate that Google changes everything, but I love it. Seriously, what’s so bad about it? Sure, you might not be used to it, but from a web designer’s perspective, this is a wonderful improvement. Well, and.. Google knows what they’re doing. If changing design wasn’t smart, they wouldn’t be doing it.

vs8

I really like it. The previous design was awful. This brings it closer to the rest of Google.

fuck you, this new design is awful, the old one is a thousand times better, its because of people like you that internet is getting screwed up,, gtfo

vs8

AFAIK I didn’t design the new YouTube. I don’t think I’m doing any wrong by liking it and expressing it freely.

You don’t have to be so rude. You sound like a sixteen year old.

Lex Luthor

i wasnt talking to you, google and cocktube are the ones im mad at, i hope their companies burn down along with the workers thore greedy fucks, they took, bough, stole and destryed everything! fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youtube and fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck google

Newbies consider “Windows 8” As rectangle frames/boxes while “Old” As Rounded and darker.

Phillip Mikesell

I wouldn’t really consider windows 8 bad, but I was kind of getting sick of designs with gradients and shines (like old youtube and iOS, for example). It was good while it lasted, but simple designs will now take over.

PhantomPtI

So, any secret way of keep on using the old layout? Some script? I know some people that prefer that by a thousands times (I don’t mind the new one that much myself)

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t really like it. For the most part, things look nice and sleek. But now, when I play a video, it’s way up in the top-left corner of the screen, when it used to be approximately in the center. So it feels like a bunch of space is wasted. Is it just me?

Poony considering you have a large monitor the video is in the correct place, however to account for that just make the video larger using one of the buttons inside of the video.

PS.9

I still have the old UI. Don’t know why :(

Phillip Mikesell

Just wondering: Why did you take a screenshot and post it as a JPG? I thought you knew better.

BTW, I like the new layout a LOT

Nicholos Tyler

Looks sleek. Only thing that I really ‘dislike’ is the fact it takes a few clicks to get to your sub list, should take you there first.

Meep

I see what you did there.

Person on the Internet

I don’t really like it, but I’m getting used to it. I just think that it’s crazy how they change the layout every year.

Miron Butoi

WTF the ADVANCED tab is gone, missing altogether. How am I supposed to GeoTagg my movie now? If a geek like me can not figure it out in 15 minutes then how will my grand mother do it. YouTube+ nice change but WTF :-(